1. a person who begs or asks for money, food, or favors; a beggar or scrounger
Usage: informal; chiefly British

Examples

• He was known around town as a cadger who always asked neighbors for spare change.
• The cadger showed up at the back door hoping for a meal.
• She refused to be a cadger and preferred to earn her own money.
• Every cadger in the city seemed to congregate near the train station.
• He had the reputation of a cadger, always borrowing and never repaying.